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Appointment at RP Hodson Holdings.
Jim Duffy has been made operations director at RP Hodson Holdings. Mr Duffy joins RPH from Guardian ...
Lloyd's goes to the Limit.
Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington are to merge to form Ensign Underwriting. The deal will cre...
CILA accepts seat on BDMA.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has accepted a seat on the executive of the British Damage...
Send in a specialist.
Brokers in the high net worth sector need to ensure their clients' homes are adequately insured. A specialist appraiser is crucial in the accurate assessment of the sum insured for both buildings and contents, says Bill Baker.
Retail therapy.
Insurers are fighting hard for their market share in the retail sector, and in an area where rates are starting to rise, e-broking is beginning to play a more important role in securing business, says Simon Threadgold.
Motor and Household Premium Changes since July 1994.
Motor insurance premiums have risen steeply in the first three months of 2000, according to the AA's...
Graham Gomm, Managing director, Graham Gomm Insurance Brokers.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Deciding 30 years ago to leave a safe job with an insuranc...
Court grounds high flyers.
Business and pleasure do not mix. This was the recent message from the High Courts following a travel insurance claim resulting from the helicopter crash in which Matthew Harding died.
Bland to retire from CII.
David Bland will retire as director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute on 9 December, his ...
InsurE-com signs up brokers.
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading initiative, has received more than 280 broker reg...
Folgate goes regional.
Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the Poole-based insurer's decision to specia...
Marcus Hearn offers team cover.
In response to the rise in the number of amateur sports teams, Marcus Hearn has put together a polic...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Co.
Lyndon Willshire has been appointed corporate business manager and Richard Scott Smith takes the new...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions at its York office. David Atkinson (...
HSBC takes on Gladiator.
Direct insurer Admiral has transferred the administration of Gladiator, its non-standard intermediar...
Oxford given money pledge by 500 brokers.
Approximately 500 brokers have agreed to invest in a new broker-funded personal lines syndicate and ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has taken on Myra Fleming as medical case manager. She joins from Crawf...
Trinder - new venture in Assitalia's wake.
Richard Trinder, general insurance manager of Assitalia's Birmingham branch, is looking to retain a ...
From little acorns ...
Former chairman and chief executive of Cox Underwriting Anthony Lumsden-Cook talks to Tim Collison about his new high net worth venture, Oak, and how he hopes his approach to the market will assure the company's growth.
Zurich: it's a Privilege.
Zurich Personal Insurances has launched a service offering customers, brokers and their staff a rang...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...
M&A mayhem forces TGN to quit.
The General Network has ceased trading "indefinitely" as a result of the increasing consolidation in...
Internet-based motor accident venture set up.
Doug McKinnon, formerly claims director at Drake Insurance and European development director at Elit...
Websites click with brokers.
Three quarters of brokers have, or are developing, a website, according to an e-commerce survey cond...